Improved refrigerator



T. GATES. Refrigerator.

Patented Nov. 5, 1861.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS GATES, OF WVOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED REFRIGERATOR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,642, dated November5, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS GATES, of the city and county of Worcester,State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, due reference beinghad to the accompanying draw ings by the letters of reference markedthereon, in which Figure 1 shows a side View, and Fig. 2 a perpendicularsection through the center, the same letters denoting the same parts ineach.

The object of my invention is to furnish a convenient and effectivecooling apparatus that shall be adapted to use in such case as that ofretailing butter from the keg or firkin and other similar purposes; andto that end its nature consists in the following construction, to wit:

A is a base on which is a circular railway B.

G is the table having flanged or grooved wheels D D D, which run on B,thus allowing the table 0 to be easily turned around.

E-is the ice-case, its cover taking off to put in the ice, and having achamber F in its center large enough to admit the table 0, for whichpurpose F is made open at the bottom. This chamber F is surrounded bythe ice-case E, except where the doorway is cut through for the door H.

G is a faucet, by which the ice-water can be drawn from E, the entirecase resting on the base A around 0.

J J are handles to lift the top from the base, in order to accommodateany article too large to pass through the door, as a keg of butter,

which is turned out on the table C and the keg removed, and the ice-caseis placed over the butter, and when any is to be taken the door isopened and the quantity required-cut,

the movable table enabling the operator to get at all parts withfacility.

L L are movable shelves restingon the cleats O O O 0. To render it mosteffective, the ice should be broken, so that some of it will fall downaround the chamber F, while the larger portion lies upon its top; or itmay be all made fine enough to put around it, or left in large lumps onits top, in which case the water therefrom passes down on all sides.There it is intended to keep it closed for a long time, it may be bestto make a small opening at the top and bottom of the door forventilation,though for common purposes it is not necessary, the openingand closing of the door changing the air sufficiently.

I do not claim surroundinga chamber with an ice-chest with double walls,or the combination of a cooler and cover for the mere purpose of settingover articles to be cooled; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The refrigerator as described, consisting of the ice-case, chamber, andbase, with its movable table, when constructed in the manner and for thepurpose above set forth and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoWitnesses.

THOMAS GATES.

Witnesses:

E. H. STARK, JAMES G. ARNOLD.

